City residents are expected to hold 100 street parties to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year, the organiser of a summer-long series of events said.

Despite concerns the city shunned the Royal Wedding, Streets for People organiser Richard Bradley predicted widespread celebrations to mark the monarch’s 60 years on the throne in June.

Oxford City Council received just five street party applications for the April marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the lowest in the county.

Speaking at the final 2011 Streets for People weekend, Mr Bradley said: “I’m confident there will be about 100 parties next year. Some people weren’t sure if it was right to hold a party for the Royal Wedding but they have enormous respect for the Queen, so I think it will be very different.”

About 50 parties were held as part of the Streets for People programme this year, co-ordinated by Oxford Civic Society and Oxford Streets for People.

About 10 streets took part at the weekend with barbecues and games.

Mr Bradley said: “What has been so great about this year is that people have been meeting because they want to meet their neighbours, not because of a Royal occasion.”

Simpler rules on road closures and the scrapping of insurance fees by the city council has made holding a street party easier, he said.

Mazz Image organised a party for 60 people in Stile Road, Headington, where she lives with her partner Julian Simmonds and son Oliver.

She said: “Last year about five mums in the street started meeting up with their babies and I thought it would be nice to bring all the different generations of the street together.”

Widow Jean Barnes, 77, a resident 38 years, said: “This is the first street party I’ve ever seen here. It would be lovely if it became an annual tradition.”

Civil engineer David Ramsbottom, 58, who lives with wife Linda, 59, and son Sam, 26, added: “The street is usually busy with traffic so it’s fantastic to see it without cars.”

Other parties included Havelock Road and Clive Road in Cowley, where residents took part in a tug of war contest.

Divinity Road in Headington and Chester Street in East Oxford also hosted parties, and residents in All Saints Road, Headington set up a street cinema to show comedy The Full Monty on Saturday night, despite the rain.

For more information visit oxstreets.org.uk